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European Women’s Ch.: Fataliyeva, Garcia and Piddubna share the lead
European Women’s Ch.: Fataliyeva, Garcia and Piddubna share the lead
The top duels in the fifth round of the Women's European Championship ended in draws. This allowed 15-year-old Ukrainian WCM Bozhena Piddubna (pictured) to catch the leaders with a win. Piddubna is now sharing the lead with Ulviyya Fataliyeva (Azerbaijan)[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 20:45 pm
Nakamura Locks Down 6th Titled Tuesday Sweep
Nakamura Locks Down 6th Titled Tuesday Sweep
The first Titled Tuesday sweep of 2024 belongs to GM Hikaru Nakamura, who won both tournaments on April 23. It is the 11th time someone has accomplished the feat, and Nakamura's sixth, but his first since February 14, 2023. The[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 16:03 pm
Cheating:What do we know?
Cheating:What do we know?
Cheating in chess took centre stage when Magnus Carlsen lost to Hans Niemann in September 2022, and then tweeted about it. Now, top grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana are sharing numbers about how many cheaters there are. What is[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 16:00 pm
BBC To Broadcast New Chess Show Decades After 'The Master Game'
BBC To Broadcast New Chess Show Decades After 'The Master Game'
Decades after the popular TV show The Master Game, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to broadcast a new chess show. In Chess Masters, to be aired in 2025, players of different ages and backgrounds will go head to head in[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 14:54 pm
22-Year Winning Run Ends As Amateur Team Topples ‘Man City Of Chess’
22-Year Winning Run Ends As Amateur Team Topples ‘Man City Of Chess’
A decades-long unbeaten run, believed to be one of the longest in sporting history, has ended after a team of amateur chess players toppled a club dubbed the "Manchester City of chess."
Hammersmith Chess Club in west London beat the[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 13:40 pm
Grivas on the Mad Rook
Grivas on the Mad Rook
During the endgame, stalemate is a resource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game rather than lose. In more complex positions, stalemate is much rarer, usually taking the form of a swindle that succeeds[…]
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Created on: Apr 23, 2024 | 08:30 am
9 Things We Learned — 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament
9 Things We Learned — 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament
Seventeen-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess championship challenger after finishing half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana. He’ll now play GM Ding Liren for the ...
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Created on: Apr 22, 2024 | 20:35 pm
Yet another 12-year-old grandmaster
Yet another 12-year-old grandmaster
He was born on 3 June 2011 in Bursa, Turkey. On April 1st (no April Fool's joke) the twelve-year-old, playing in the very strong GRENKE Chess Open, Yagiz Kaan Erdpgmus scored 7.0/9 points with a 2646 performance. With that he[…]
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Created on: Apr 9, 2024 | 12:00 pm
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